"As long as we are meeting each other, there's always a chance that someone will snap a picture of us.
"Actually, I have been mentally prepared for this," Wei Wucai explained. "You are a public figure. We are friends of opposite genders. If we are seen walking together, even if we are just walking normally, there will be people taking pictures of us.
"Since I have decided to be your friend, I have to take these things into consideration. I chose to be your friend because I knew that I can handle all these things. If I can't handle these things, what gives me the right to call myself your friend?
"Should I only make choices that benefit me?" Wei Wucai said. "That's not who I am. Such things are bound to happen. I have mentally prepared myself for this. I had predicted that it would happen, so I am not surprised, nor do I think negatively of this experience.